Site details

Cape Kyme: Acropolis and Wall

PK	C7344
TITLE	Cape Kyme: Acropolis and Wall
WGS84	38.650435° N, 24.152071° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.650435, 24.152071
LON/LAT	24.152071, 38.650435

DMS

38° 39' 1.566" N

24° 9' 7.4556" E

W3W	notch, defies, barges
UTM	35 S, 252161.36, 4281834.94
EGSA87	513084, 4277710

Elevation m	157
Elevation feet	515.1
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Sackett et al. [1966], 76    'It defended an acropolis of c. 50 x 130 m. from the landward side, ... '
2.    Wall.   Sackett et al. [1966], 76    'A fortification wall on Cape Kyme (or Kavos) was described by Powell (op. cit.) in 1899, and is probably the 'Mycenaean fort' of Papavasileiou.'

SITE SIZE

- Sackett et al. [1966]  p. 76,  Size: 6500 sq. m.  'It defended an acropolis of c. 50 x 130 m. from the landward side, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 76, ? ' ... is probably the 'Mycenaean fort' of Papavasileiou.'

2. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 76, ? 'Powell's report of late or post-Classical graves and pithoi from here ... suggests that this was a fourth-century stronghold like Philagra and Kastri and not of Mycenaean date.'

3. Hellenistic: (323 BC - 33 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 76, ? 'Powell's report of late or post-Classical graves and pithoi from here ... suggests that this was a fourth-century stronghold like Philagra and Kastri and not of Mycenaean date.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '83. Kyme: Khili ... ', pg. 76. Online here.